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Obadiah 1:18

Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble—Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken.

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ASV

And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall burn among them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining to the house of Esau; for Jehovah hath spoken it.

KJV

And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the Lord hath spoken it.

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21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָיָה֩ve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961 →
בֵית־veit-[the] house ofH1004 →
יַעֲקֹ֨בya.'a.KoJacobH3290 →
אֵ֜שׁ'esha fireH784 →
וּבֵ֧יתu.Veitand [the] house ofH1004 →
יוֹסֵ֣ףyo.SefJosephH3130 →
לֶהָבָ֗הle.ha.Vah[will be] a flameH3852 →
וּבֵ֤יתu.Veitand [the] house ofH1004 →
עֵשָׂו֙'e.SavEsauH6215 →
לְקַ֔שׁle.Kash[will become] <into> stubbleH7179 →
וְדָלְק֥וּve.dal.Kuand they will burnH1814 →
בָהֶ֖םva.Hem<in> them
וַאֲכָל֑וּםva.'a.kha.Lumand they will consume themH398 →
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
יִֽהְיֶ֤הyih.Yehhe will belongH1961 →
שָׂרִיד֙sa.Rida survivorH8300 →
לְבֵ֣יתle.Veitto [the] house ofH1004 →
עֵשָׂ֔ו'e.SavEsauH6215 →
כִּ֥יkiforH3588 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
דִּבֵּֽר׃di.Berhe has spokenH1696 →

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Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”Zechariah 12:6On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.Isaiah 10:17And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.Ezekiel 37:19you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick, and they will become one in My hand.’Micah 5:8Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.Psalms 83:6–15the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,Joel 2:5With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.Nahum 1:10For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.Obadiah 1:16For as you drank on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and gulp it down; they will be as if they had never existed.Isaiah 47:14Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.Amos 6:6You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.Isaiah 31:9Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.Amos 5:15Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”1 Corinthians 3:12If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,Ezekiel 37:16“And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and to all the house of Israel associated with him.’2 Samuel 19:20For your servant knows that I have sinned, so here I am today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”Jeremiah 25:21Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;

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